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Italy "failed to respond promptly to various distress calls from the sinking boat, which was carrying more than 400 adults and children," the committee found.
The UN Human Rights Committee Wednesday claimed Italy failed to protect the right to life of more than 200 migrants on a boat that sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 2013.
Italy "failed to respond promptly to various distress calls from the sinking boat, which was carrying more than 400 adults and children," the committee found.
Rome "also failed to explain the delay in dispatching its navy ship, ITS Libra, which was located only about an hour away from the scene".